Hints and tips:
...chief of staff, John Kelly, both his defence secretaries, Jim Mattis and Mark Esper, his national security adviser, John Bolton, his first secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, his two attorneys-general, Jeff...
...He tried to impose, you know, double UPS rates on Amazon deliveries to punish Jeff Bezos because Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post, which was critical of Trump....
...Former CNN boss Jeff Zucker led the bid for the right-wing newspaper but faced opposition from Britain’s Conservative establishment, including a government minister....
...Although Paulson talks frequently to Janet Yellen, today’s Treasury secretary, and Jeff Zients, Joe Biden’s chief of staff, he tends to turn down interviews....
...There are no moral or aesthetic boundaries the super-rich will apparently not break — and that’s just Jeff Bezos....
...No more Chris Wrays, or Jeff Rosens, or even Bill Barrs. On the military side, no more Mark Milleys or Jim Mattises....
...The bit where he’s in the gym doing squats and telling the journalist interviewing him that his predecessor Jeff Zucker “could never do this” was priceless....
...Much of what has driven this is the lockdown-spurred boom in tech company valuations, which has supercharged the fortunes of people like Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, in spite of the recent nosedive in...
...The inflationary impact of low rates shouldn’t hurt them, so what does it matter to someone living pay cheque to pay cheque whether Jeff Bezos is worth $500bn or several trillion?...
...Edward Luce has written a full appreciation of her life....
...edward.luce@ft.com...
...There is also Jeff Zients, another Obama alumnus, who will be in charge of the coronavirus task force. Again, Zients is a very competent figure but he has no experience of dealing with pandemics....
...Richard Branson poised to beat Jeff Bezos into space Sir Richard Branson has vowed to beat Jeff Bezos to space, confirming plans to bring forward his first trip aboard a Virgin Galactic spaceship to July...
...Jeff Zients, Biden’s Covid tsar, is worried that creating the necessary vaccine certificate would be unpalatable to Americans....
...Edward Luce responds As I’ve said before, the most critical determinant of the Biden administration’s fate will be settled by who controls the Senate....
...— Jeff Brown, Boulder, Colorado...
...Edward Luce is on leave and will return in mid-July. Your feedback And now a word from our Swampians . . ....
...Joe Biden’s challenge: big, early victories in a toxic political climate Peter Spiegel, US managing editor of the FT, was joined by columnists Edward Luce and Rana Foroohar on the eve of the inauguration...
...Jeff Bezos, its founder and chief executive, is personally worth upwards of $120bn....
...Social media has been a breeding ground for conspiracy theorists and Ed Luce’s latest column on QAnon is essential reading....
...Of course, it helps when your backyard includes 3,000 feet of Sag Harbor waterfront, like real estate developer Jeff Greene’s....
...Edward Luce responds Yes Rana, the fly says it all. I like the idea of swatting the Republican campaign like a fly, which is smart Democratic marketing....
...In the FT, I enjoyed Richard Waters’ take on lessons from the Jeff Bezos phone hack. I’m also keeping close track of our coronavirus live blog....
...Amazon’s Jeff Bezos has seen his fortune swell....
International Edition